When the three brothers and sisters arrived home, it started to rain heavily.
The rain has been falling intermittently for more than half a month. Not only has it not stopped, but it has a tendency of getting heavier and heavier.
Li Qiusui's house is on a higher ground and is a brick house. Except for the dampness inside the house, it is relatively stable.
Li Sanzhu brought his parents, brothers, nephews and nieces to his home in advance, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to live there. In the past two years, many houses were built, including the medicine shop, and the whole family lived together. Not too crowded.
The sky outside was pitch black, as if someone had punched a hole in it. The whole family had no intention of doing anything else. They gathered together and looked in the direction of the village from time to time.
Lijia Village is close to the foot of the mountain. Li Qiusui's house is the highest point in the village. All the way down the slope, there are houses built in low-lying areas. When the rain fell hard, the ditches in the village had no time to drain, and the water from the mountains gathered in one place. The houses in the low-lying areas suffered a lot, and most of them were adobe houses, some of which were in disrepair. It has to collapse!
No one has dared to go to the village these days. The water has submerged the road in the village. When the water reached the ankles, based on memory, some people dared to go to their homes to take a look. Now they can’t even see the water. Out of depth, no one dares to take risks.
The village is some distance away from Li Qiusui's home. Standing here and looking in the direction of the village, the entire village is almost submerged by the flood, and only the roofs of some houses can be vaguely seen.
The drought of the past two years had just passed. When Li Zhenzhen said there was a flood, no one questioned it and almost everyone believed it. No matter what her original intention was, whether it was to gain fame or not, and how much profit she gained from it, she actually helped. saved many families and even saved many lives.
The villagers went to the mountains to find caves to take shelter from the rain in advance, and also moved their food and belongings in advance. Everyone was safe and the losses were extremely low.
Mrs. Liu and Li Sanzhu sighed, "It has rained so heavily for so many days, thanks to Li Guangping's family. Otherwise, how would we have lived this day?"
The life of most people in Lijia Village is difficult. They work tirelessly digging in the soil to feed and clothe the whole family. If the village had not dug so many drainage ditches in advance and the surrounding counties had not jointly cleaned up the rivers, what would have happened once The rainfall is too heavy and there is no time to drain it. Once the levee breaks and a flood occurs, it will not only destroy the house, but also people's lives.
Li Sanzhu also sighed, "Yes! It's lucky to be like this now. Most of the collapsed houses were in disrepair for a long time. When the flood recedes, they will be rebuilt with adobes. After a few days of sunshine, they will be able to live in it in a short time." Master."
Everyone stood at the entrance of the yard. The terrain here is the highest and there is no obstruction, so it is easy to see the whole village clearly.
Ma Wanzi opened the door and came out. When he saw someone coming to Li Sanzhu's side, he came over to chat.
A person who usually doesn't care about anything seems worried now, "...Didn't Zhenzhen from Guangping's family say that the rain should stop in the past two days? Why is it still dark? It doesn't look like it's going to stop like this? I see. If the rain continues, even a few households here will be flooded!"
The old house was also flooded, but the house didn't collapse? You can't see clearly even if you're too far away.
If the water recedes, there will be no end to the tidying up at home and outside.
Li Sizhu was the most impatient about doing that. He and Ma Youzi were both the oldest sons of the family, and people in the village had made comments about them since they were young.
He felt that he was much better than this man, and he didn't like it when he saw the horse walking around. "You also said it was in the past two days, but it's not the time yet! Didn't you see that the rain is getting lighter and lighter now? ? While you still have some free time in these two days, why not go and recuperate quickly? Many houses in the village have collapsed, why don't you help?"
Ma Wanzi also didn't like to see Li Si Zhu. He didn't like to do the work at home, but he never hesitated to put in effort in the work that could earn copper coins outside. As for Li Si Zhu, he didn't have much money in his pocket, but he actually liked to go for a walk in the county town. Seeing how capable he was, he started bragging when he came back.
"Of course I'm going to help! Even though it's wet everywhere and feeling depressed, I can't sleep well. You, Li Sizhu, are the only one who's so heartless that you still care about recuperating! Hey, where is Uncle Guangping? Go find his Zhenzhen and ask..."
Where are Li Guangping's family?
Their family had the idea of escape to the county town. In Li Zhenzhen's memory, after the rain, the county town's terrain was no higher than that of Lijia Village, and the disaster situation was no worse than that of Lijia Village.
Although Li Changqing was admitted as a scholar, his family's conditions were better than those of most families in the village, but if they had to support a scholar, they would not have much to spare, not to mention the whole family's efforts.
It is said that a poor scholar will make a rich man, but this is not an empty talk.
The truth is obvious. Think about it, how many people would be willing not to continue to take the exam to become a scholar? Not to mention the expenses of making friends and entertainment, books and ink must be improved to a higher level.
Scholars, in the eyes of country people, have countless benefits, such as exemption from taxes, but in cities and even towns, scholars are not uncommon. Some wealthy merchants have not yet used your place, so they will not give you gifts. The gift is too expensive.
Juren is different. Regardless of whether you continue to take the college entrance examination, you are qualified to be an official, which is valuable. It is common for wealthy merchants to come to your door to give gifts. Under regulations that prohibit officials from doing business, accepting gifts is an honest way to make money.
Therefore, Li Changqing, a scholar, was important in Lijiacun. In the county town, Li Guangping went to the camp with great effort, and wanted to be apprenticed to the county magistrate, who was also a Jinshi, unless Li Zhenzhen deliberately revealed that she had the ability to predict celestial phenomena.
As for the county magistrate, the parent official of a county, an official appointed by the imperial court, the successive disasters in Linshan County, thanks to Li Zhenzhen's advance prediction, truly saved the people from the suffering of displacement, and the brilliant achievements are to be expected. Highly promoted.
When the county magistrate was promoted, Li Changqing benefited from it. There was a clear mutually beneficial relationship here.
Closer to home, since Li Guangping got connected with the county magistrate, his horizons have been broadened, and he will not bother others for such trivial matters as sheltering from the rain.
Furthermore, Li Guangping is still the head of the Li clan. When his family goes to the county town, they always have to settle the clan members first. Their family has not yet bought a house in the county town. If they really want to go, they will have to rent it. He can't take all the clan members with him. superior. The family sat together to discuss and stayed in the village, which was considered as sharing the joys and sorrows with everyone in Lijia Village.
Li Guangping's family also bought mountain land, found a suitable place and dug a cave. The family hid in it for more than ten days. Fortunately, they had prepared a lot of dry firewood in advance. The cave was damp and cold, and the family was warming up around the fire.
Ma Wuzi got a lot of lotus leaves and put them on his body to keep out the rain. When he came to Li Guangping's side, he was almost soaked and very cold, so he wanted to get in and hide for a while to warm himself up by the fire.
Li Changqing's father stopped him, "The cave is small and the elderly and children are all crowded together, so we won't invite the walking brothers in."
Ma Wanzi curled his lips and broke the cave, as if it was a rare thing!
He raised his head and called Li Guangping in front of the fire, "Uncle Guangping, let's warm ourselves up by the fire! After all, your father is a scholar, how can you keep suffering this injustice? No matter what, I have to take you to the county seat to hide. Hiding?"
This man was so virtuous that Li Guangping didn't bother to argue with him. He didn't pick up on Ma Wanzi's words and asked: "It's raining so heavily. Why are you here if you can't stay at home?"
